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Laim Parent No. 77,880, dated May 12,1868.

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To ALL lWHOM Ir MAY OONCERN:L i `Be' it .known that I, WALTER B. HIGGI'NS, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California,

l have iti-vented an Improved Carriage-springend Ido hereby declarethe following description and accompanying drawings are sucient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly apper- The principal object of myd-invention is to simplyconstructand attach springs to singleand double wagons and carriages, and consists of a continuous wooden spring, combined with other springs of a spiral or elliptic f form, or of any elastic material, which are placed at the front and rear ends of the body, and connect it to the -continuouswooden spring.

v "Referring tothe drawings forming Va', part ,of this specification, which represents a side e1eiration,i'-A are the-continuous wooden springs," the ends'b'eing joined together atrB,'wi1ere they are'held'byan upper 'and lower plate.y The bolster C and clip-bar Cjare attached to the upper face ofthe lower part of each spring, near the 1 ends, and the' clip-bar isA attached by clips or other device directly to the axle.

I Qn ythe top, 'and near the ends of' the wooden springs, are .placed small springs, DD. The'se springs are made'ot.` India rubber or other material, and are placed between thesprings and the body of thecarriage, where they are held in place by bolts passing through them, and secured underneath bynuts. Small elliptic springs may be used instead of the rubber, yet I do notpthin-k they would bel as safe,.and would be more liable `to break. In case a. block of rnbber'is us'ed, a spiral spring,` E, should be coiled around t,.'hy which greater ease in the spring'luay be'had. The size ofthe rubber block should ,be reduced when the spring is coiled around it.

By this device a chea'p wagon-body, with a simple attachment of springs, is had, riding easily and without the liability of soon getting out of repair. Y h 4 l I do not claim thecontinuous spring A, a patent for o. 'springlso constructed having already been granted; but

The combinationof' the springs D D it'ith'.the wooden spring A, to form the connection of the same with the body of the carriage, substantially 'as described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal. 'p

I Y i WALTER B. HIGGINS. [LL 8.] IWitnesses:

C. W.' M.'SM1TH,

J. L. Booms. 

